
ULLR!!!
At the start of every winter season we celebrate the coming of winter with a BIG fire. We honor the change of the season and the coming days of arcing down mountains on skis. We honor the Norse God Ullr, known as a great skier who would leave trails of stars behind his skis and drink to his health with hopes he will smile upon us. This year we had the annual Ullr fire up at the Boulder Yurts, where we had a giant pile of slash from recent woodcuts. Friends, family and guides came to celebrate the new snow and the joy of the coming ski season.
And an early season it has become. On November 1st, we were riding bikes in the spitting snow and by the 4th, we were floating down fields of powder on skis. The recent storm dropped snow to the valley bottoms but favored the upper elevations in the Smoky and Boulder Mountains with over 20″. This storm snow has settled significantly this week, hopefully creating a good base for our next storm predicted to drop 5-10″ in the next 48hrs.
Hopefully this portends the start of an epic ski season where we can all celebrate with Ullr!

Friends, families, sleds, fire and FUN

November 1st and the start of the storm, perhaps the last mountain ride of the year…

3 days later on November 4th

Ahh, back on skis. Francie breaks trail with a smile.

Fun in the snow with sleds and snow-skates at the Boulder Yurts

The Ullr Fire burning bright

Francie, dropping in to a powder field, November 4th, 2015

Joe, enjoying some early season powder

We LOVE snow!

Joe, stoked to be back on skis